Tennant Creek · Urban Centre
How much of daily life sits within a walk of home — a transparent 0–10 walkability score and the everyday destinations you can reach on foot: shops, public transport, schools, parks and health services, plus the streets and terrain in between.
No home in Tennant Creek is within a 10-minute walk of public transport, yet almost every other single daily need is within a short stroll. Most residents can reach groceries, schools, and parks easily, making the town's overall walkability score 5.4, or somewhat walkable.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Tennant Creek — somewhat walkable of areas.
| Tennant Creek | 5.4 |
|---|---|
| 0860, NT | 5.2 |
| Northern Territory | 5.1 |
Share of homes (G-NAF addresses) in Tennant Creek by walking time to the nearest amenity of each type, on an elevation-aware pedestrian network. How we calculate this →
The overall walkability score and how much of daily life is a short walk away.
About 92.4% of homes have a 15-minute-city walkshed, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 61.8%. On average, there are 6.5 amenity types within a 15-minute walk, well above the territory average of 5.0.
5.4
Somewhat walkable of urban centre areas.
A 0–10 score for how much of daily life sits within an easy walk of the average home — weighing how close groceries, public transport, cafés, parks, health services, schools, culture and everyday services are, and how many of each. Walking times are measured on an elevation-aware pedestrian network, so hills count against reach. The methodology page describes how the score is put together.
6.5
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
How many of the eight everyday amenity types — groceries, food & drink, health, schools, parks, culture, everyday services and public transport — the average home can reach on foot within 15 minutes, out of 8.
92.4%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes that can reach at least five of the eight everyday amenity types within a 15-minute walk — the "15-minute city" test. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
How many homes can walk to groceries, transport, schools, parks and health services.
Access to parks, schools, and groceries is far above the territory average, with 96.9%, 93.3%, and 91.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk. In contrast, public transport is entirely absent, as 100% of homes are more than 30 minutes away from a stop.
91.1%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of groceries or everyday shopping. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 10-minute walk of a public-transport stop — bus, train, tram or ferry. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
93.3%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a school. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
96.9%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of a park or area of open space. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
79.9%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
Share of local homes within a 15-minute walk of health services such as a GP, pharmacy or hospital. Homes are counted as addresses (G-NAF), not people.
Amenity density, how well the streets connect, and how hilly the walk is.
The terrain is a little flatter than the Northern Territory average, with a mean slope of 2.4%. There are 27 intersections per square kilometre, and the number of walkable amenities per 1,000 residents is 14.2, which is well below the territory figure of 19.0.
14.2
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
Walkable amenities — shops, cafés, parks, health services, schools, cultural and community places, everyday services and public-transport stops — per 1,000 residents. Measures how much is around, apart from how far it is to walk there.
27
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
Walkable street intersections per square kilometre. Denser, better-connected street grids give more direct routes on foot than winding, cul-de-sac layouts.
2.4%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
Average terrain slope across the area, as a percent grade. Steeper ground shortens how far people will walk; it is already folded into the walkability score through the elevation-aware pedestrian network, and is shown here on its own for context.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Walkability in Tennant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715007/tennant-creek/topic/walkability
